Hit & Miss

I have been home for a week and haven't worked out once.  Well, unless you count a little bike ride we went on.  But it was little.  It's so much harder to go workout when I'm not at home.  I hate to leave the kids.  But running here is one of my favorite things in the entire world!!  But, I'm not really up for running.  I haven't ran for a LONG time and being a couple months pregnant isn't the time to get back into it.  I crave it though.  I am always looking at my surrounding and wishing I had my running shoes on and could take off!  Plus, the weather is great right now.  70's expected this week!!!  YAY!  And by the time I get back to Missouri it's going to be MISERABLY hot!  Can you tell that I have a million desires and excuses rolling around my head?

Well, I haven't thrown in the towel.  I'm convinced that I'm going to workout throughout this pregnancy.  I'm going to have to find modified yoga workouts and change a little of what I do but if I keep at it, I will be able to be active the whole time.  I don't want to put on a ton of weight {with 4 kids, I've NEVER only gained the maximum recommended weight... always more} and I want to get in shape quicker afterward. 

It's not going to be easy though.  3 more weeks of vacation in Idaho.  Then a road trip back to Missouri.  July will be filled with packing for a move in August.  But hopefully I'll still be able to get in some good workouts!!  I'm going to say "SORRY" in advance for disappearing off and on again.  That's the nature of the beast and priorities.  Rest assured I am still studying for the personal trainer exam and trying to get in some good workouts!  I'll be sure to stop in now and then to report! 

Prisoner Squats

Using proper form is PIVOTAL to working out. You'll prevent injury and you'll get MORE from each movement!

Tri-cep Dips Challenge

100 Tricep Dips! Need I say more?

Start Small

Oh this is SO GOOD!  Everyone should be ALWAYS be taking SMALL STEPS toward better, healthier lives!!  What are you waiting for?!

Butt Burns Challenge

I definitely need a few of THESE BABIES!!! A step is now on my wish list as well!

Tractor Tire Toss

Remember all those posts ago that I talked about cross fit?  Well today I finally made it over to Cunningham, a cross fit gym, to workout with Xena Warrior Princess.  Luckily there were some other of the girls that showed up cause I couldn't have done this one on my own!!

Xena had a great workout for us.  I had just gone for a nice walk with Jeni {I am still waiting for a brilliant and adorable nickname for this dear friend of mine, I'm leaning to June Bug but I'm not sure if I love it enough}.  So anyway, I was nice and warmed up already.  But we went ahead and did some cool walking pushup warm up stretches and some squats with kettlebells {mine was WAY too heavy}.  Then we did some sit ups with medicine balls.  Those were great.  We tossed them back and forth with a partner and then we did some other variations; add a medicine ball and you will definitely get a killer workout!

After we did all that as our warm up we headed over to do our actual workout.  Tractor Tire Tossing.  We had 3 girls on our tire, two on another and K-Lo's brother had his own.  We would flip the tire over twice then do 10 box jumps up on to it.  Then we would toss it two more times and do 10 push ups {inclined or declined}.  That was repeated 4 times.

Goodness I was toasted after that!  Xena demonstrated cross fit pull ups and I actually had the drive to want to do pull ups... I haven't cared for pull ups for ages, though when I was a kid I was GREAT at them!  I think I might actually start incorporating those into my workouts more often!

So today I tried something new.  Something that I always thought was pretty cool.  What are YOU going to try today?!!

Pyramid Track Workout

Today we had a big group at the track!  It was an AWESOME workout!! We had a lot of girls there today and even a new face!!  I can not tell you how great these groups are!  I know I say it ALL the time but I'm serious!  We have a wide range of physical abilities in this group and we all help each other do our best and push us to do big things!  Some girls are recovering from surgery or from recently having a baby!  Others are super tough chicks that kick some butt!  And we all gain from these workouts!!  If I could get you all to do ONE thing, it would be to start talking to people and start a workout group like this!!! 

So.... Anyway.... Ü

Today we met at the track and K-Lo had a GREAT workout for us!  You can walk the 400's instead of running them if you need to.

400M warm up
25 each: Burpees, Spiderman Pushups, Crunchy Frogs, Lunges, Plank {25 sec}
400M jog
20 each of above 
400M jog
15 each of above
400M jog
10 each of above
400M jog
5 each of above
400M jog
1 each of above
400M jog
400M cool down
Stretch

Oh boy was it a good one!!!

Ready to Change your Life?

Today is the First day of the rest of your Life!  What are you going to do with it?!

Awesome Motivation... Promise!

I just read a couple posts on a blog that I REALLY liked!!  And I think you will to.  READ them!!!  They are short, full of pictures and will get you thinking about a lot of things. 

Start Here

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

They aren't long.  I promise.  But they are worth every word.  I was so impressed with Andie.  You really should read ALL her posts on the left side bar.  Learning to Cook, The Journey, Maintenance, Peace with Food... all of them.   AHHH, go.  do it now!

Bob Review

We took the fam to the zoo yesterday and I borrowed my friends fa-schmancy jogger stroller!  It's a Bob Revolution.  Initially I was looking at a double but after trying, unsuccessfully, to get it in the back of the car we decided we'll have to go with a single.  So I asked if I could borrow the single for the weekend and it was AWESOME!!  Here's WB snoozing away.

Some of the things I LOVED about this stroller.  It's super light weight.  I mean SUPER lightweight!  It rode so smoothly, this thing has some killer shocks!  We had some rough sidewalks that would have stopped our current stroller in its tracks, but the Bob went right over them without flinching AND Weston stayed asleep!  The front swivel wheel makes it versatile in outings such as the zoo easily maneuvered and yet locking the wheel in place makes for awesome jogging capabilities!!  I'm still torn on whether I'll get the stationary wheel or this version since MOST of what I'll be using it for is running but it would be handy for days like yesterday!

I'm going to wait to actually purchase a new stroller for two things to happen.  #1.  We get our orders.  I don't foresee our next duty station NOT being a place I will need a jogger stroller but there are restrictions with moving that I need to be sure of.  #2.  Personal Certification completed.  After I'm done with my certification, the purchase will be tax deductible.  Softening the blow that the cost of this puppy will be. 

Overall, I loved this stroller.  But before we sell a kidney for something like this, I've got to do ALL my research to be sure it's EXACTLY what we want.  Next stroller to test: Phil & Teds!